FIRST PLACE, PICTURE STORY: Traditions and trials have been a part of Indian life in Maine for as long as members of the Passamaquoddy tribe, like this elder at Indian Township, can remember. Their ancestors found sustenance in this corner of the world for at least 13,000 years, adapting as eastern Maine turned from tundra to forest. They hunted and fished on land that shaped their lives, right up until outsiders came and took much of it away.​ Gabe Souza/Staff Photographer

In 1900, when men of vision built Great Northern Paper Co. in the shadow of Katahdin, decades of prosperity followed. Then the hard times came – and settled right in – leaving a community in desperate search of a viable future.

The closure will cost the town of 5,000 people almost half of its tax revenue. The state Department of Labor says the LePage administration has 60 days to find a buyer for the mill, which has operated since 1930.

One pig wears a GoPro as a group of 4H-ers race their piglets across the Show Arena. Enticed by tasty treats like cookies, Doritos, and candy bars, the pigs burst out of the starting gate and (mostly) head toward their owner.